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lure2 (c.1300)
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lure2 (c.1300)

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  FEW:  luctari 5,439b Gdf:  luire 2 5,48c GdfC: ∅ TL: luitier (luire) 5,719 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  luire 2  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  luctari 1653b

v.intrans.

to copulate: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  En temps de ver quant amail a lure fest, Luy madles od femelles cum dreit est  Genèse 1391

sbst. inf.

en lure
(of animals, in the mating season) on heat: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Luy temps fu chaud, ce fu en estee, Qe bestes sunt en lure  Genèse 1386

[gdw]

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